BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
In other Chaminade tournament games:
Grant 76, Bellflower 72--Gilbert Arenas scored 36 points, including 15 in the fourth quarter, to help the Lancers win the third-place game.
Krishna Evans and Daniel Tarr each scored 14 points for Grant (10-3), ranked No. 6 in the region.
Marcus Harvey scored 22 points for Bellflower (8-5), which trailed by 19 in the second quarter before rallying.
Crespi 37, Canyon 36--Marcin Jagoda made a layup as time expired to give the Celts the victory in the fifth-place game.
Jagoda finished with 12 points for Crespi (9-3), ranked No. 10.
In other games:
Simi Valley 70, Vista Rancho Buena Vista 43--The Pioneers, who are ranked No. 1, made 10 of 12 shots in the first quarter and never looked back in a Nike Holiday Classic semifinal at Cox Arena on the San Diego State campus.
Rafael Berumen had 16 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists and four steals for Simi Valley (11-1), and Branduinn Fullove added 18 points.
Shaun Michel had 15 points, including three three-point baskets, and six assists for the Pioneers, and 6-8 sophomore Dustin Villepigue contributed 12 points and nine rebounds.
The Pioneers made 30 of 50 shots to finish with 60% shooting, and will play either St. Anthony (New Jersey) in the championship game today at 4:30.
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South Lake Tahoe 89, Canoga Park 70--Jammie Harris had 19 points and Mike Bell added 12 points but the Hunters (3-7) fell in a consolation game of the Nike Holiday tournament at Rancho Bernardo High in San Diego.
Santa Clara 76, Santa Paula 71--B.J. Ward collected his third foul in the second quarter so the Saints switched to a zone defense and outscored the Cardinals, 26-15, in the third quarter in a Santa Paula tournament victory.
Ward scored 25 points and Nick Jones had 20 for Santa Clara (11-1), ranked No. 2.
Mike Kolbeck scored 17 for the Cardinals (8-6).
Alemany 70, Saugus 64--The Indians made 16 of 20 free throws during a 25-point fourth quarter to win the L.A. baptist tournament.
Devin Montgomery sank six of seven from the line in the final quarter and scored 24 points for Alemany (7-4), ranked No. 3.
Kurt DeMaio and Nic Echevestre each scored 19 for Saugus.
Lompoc 73, Thousand Oaks 69--Kahil Fennel scored 21 points, Kyle Kegley added 15 and Dan Lampert had 13 but the Lancers (10-4) lost the fifth-place game of the Santa Barbara tournament.
Fennel made one free throw with 20 seconds left to give Thousand Oaks, ranked No. 8, a 69-68 lead. Following a Lompoc three-pointer, the Lancers committed a turnover and never got off a final shot.
Pasadena Marshall 65, Notre Dame 56--Dante Ward had 20 points and Chris Williams had 16 points and 10 rebounds to help Notre Dame cut a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit to seven with less than two minutes, but the Knights (6-8) fell in the championship game of the La Salle/Temple City tournament.
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